#AD9931#AD9931

#AD9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9931
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -4.30, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 54.74, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0172 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1806, 31.8899, 7.5235)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9931 #3145AD

analogous

#AD5B31 #AD9931 #83AD31

triadic

#AD9931 #31AD99 #9931AD

tetradic

#AD9931 #31AD5B #3145AD #AD3183

square

#AD9931 #31AD5B #3145AD #AD3183

split-complementary

#AD9931 #3183AD #5B31AD

monochromatic

#4E4516 #7D6F23 #AD9931 #CDB94E #DACC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9931

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9931	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b670',
    500: '#ad9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9931;
$custom-light: #c9b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68177,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9931

secondary

#7783C3

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9931

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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